Bearing arrangement for a wind turbine and wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsEdom Demissie, Claus Michaelsen, Morten Soerensen
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AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsEdom Demissie, Claus Michaelsen, Morten Soerensen
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Provided is a bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further comprising a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing as radial fluid bearings, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft, whereby the bearing housing is formed from at least two separate bearing housing pieces, whereby the at least two separate bearing housing pieces are joined with each other and/or the drive shaft is formed from at least two separate drive shaft pieces, whereby the at least two separate drive shaft pieces are joined with each other.
A bearing arrangement for a wind turbine comprising a bearing housing and a drive shaft, wherein the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further comprising a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing as radial fluid bearings, wherein the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft, wherein, the bearing housing is formed from at least three separate bearing housing pieces, wherein the at least three separate bearing housing pieces are joined with each other, wherein each of the at least three separate bearing housing pieces comprise radially extending flange portions joined with each other by means of fasteners, wherein the drive shaft is formed from at least three separate drive shaft pieces joined with each other, and
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